Cement News tagged: Recent orders
TPI Polene awards ThyssenKrupp contract for 10,000tpd line, Thailand
TPI Polene, one of Thailand’s top three cement producers, has awarded ThyssenKrupp a EUR150m contract to build a 10,000tpd kiln line at the Saraburi works, near the capital Bangkok. "This contract underlines our longstanding partnership with Thailand in the plant construction sector. We are delighted to be able to use our engineering expertise to support the Thai cement industry and serve the...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins two VRM orders in Indonesia
Gebr Pfeiffer has won a contract to supply two vertical roller mills for Semen Bosowa’s Line No 2, which is being constructed at the Indonesian producer's cement works located near Maros, Sulawesi. Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd, acting as General Contractor for the new 5500tpd cement production line, awarded Gebr Pfeiffer the contract for an MPS 5600 B for raw material grinding and ...
Cargotec wins two orders from Turkey
Cargotec has secured orders for its Siwertell road mobile unloaders from two Turkish cement producers in less than a month. Medcem Global Pazarlama AS has placed an order for two 10 000 S trailer-based, diesel-powered Siwertell ship unloaders. These will be built at the Siwertell fabrication plant in Bjuv, Sweden and delivery is scheduled for October and November this year. The unloaders wi...
Siemens develops new drive system for joint Gebr Pfeiffer project in Brazil
The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has developed a new drive system and will supply six drive modules as part of a joint grinding project with Gebr Pfeiffer SE for Holcim Brazil. The 450tph vertical cement mill will have a power rating of 11,500kW and be operated by the Brazilian arm of Holcim, which will commission the grinding plant as part of a project to expand its Barroso works in...
Phoenix Cement selects VAS IT logistics system, Germany
Phoenix Cement has opted to introduce the VAS IT logistics system by Fritz and Maczoil at its cement plant in Westphalia, Germany. “Until now, we have had to manage the processes manually and on paper,” Kai Wagner, Phoenix plant manager said while explaining the company’s reorientation. “With the aid of the VAS IT logistics system, the processes within the cement works are now to be automat...
FLSmidth wins order for new Equatorial Guinea greenfield plant
FLSmidth has been awarded an order worth approximately EUR68m from Grupo Abayak AKOGA Cemento SA for the supply of a 3000tpd greenfield cement plant to be located in Akoga on the mainland of Equatorial Guinea. The scope of supply includes plant engineering and all main equipment, including jaw crusher, cone crusher, ATOX raw mill, OK cement mill, pyroline with cross bar cooler, dosing syste...
Najran Cement awards new line to Chinese contractor, Saudi Arabia
Saudi cement producer Najran Cement has awarded a contract for the installation and maintenance of a third production line to Chinese firm CEIC. The new production line will have a capacity of 7000tpd and is expected to begin trial operations in 3Q13, the company said in a bourse filing. Najran Cement operates a cement plant situated in Sultana which has two clinker lines of 6000tpd and 300...
Siemens to supply Edo Cement with gas turbines, Nigeria
Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for three of its model SGT-500 gas turbines to Edo Cement for a new plant being constructed by the BUA Group in Nigeria. The order marks the first deliveries of such units to the southwest African country. These industrial turbines will be deployed for electric power generation for the Okpella Cement Factory in Okpella, a city located in the Nigerian...
Falcon Cement to increase capacity, Bahrain
Falcon Cement Company, Bahrain’s sole integrated cement facility, has signed an advisory and engineering service agreement with LV Technology Public Company of Thailand, to increase capacity and reduce the company’s reliance on imports. The agreement was signed by FCC executive director Salah Sharif and LVT managing director Hans Jorgen Nelsen, in the presence of Industry and Commerce ...
Loesche wins Holcim Ecuador VRM contract
Loesche will deliver one LM 56.4 vertical roller mill for cement raw material grinding to Holcim Ecuador's cement plant Guayaquil. The order with Loesche was placed by general contractor Sinoma-TJ (CBMI), who is supplying the Guayaquil works with a new 4500tpd kiln line. The mill will be used to grind cement raw material and has been designed for a capacity of 386tph and a fineness of 12 per ...
VAS Template successfully implemented at Lafarge Emirates Cement
Fritz & Macziol has reached another important milestone in the rollout of the logistics system VAS with the final acceptance at the Lafarge Emirates cement plant, UAE. The launch was realised in a short time using a template, which has been specially modified to Lafarge's processes. The cooperation between Lafarge and the Fritz & Macziol project team made a critical contribution to this fas...
Loesche to supply six VRMs to Medcem plant, Turkey
Loesche has been awarded the contract to supply six vertical roller mills to Medcem Madencilik’s new cement plant currently under construction in Turkey. Medcem is building Turkey's largest cement plant which will have a capacity of 10,000tpd. The new cement works (situated at Silifke in the south of Turkey, approximately 100km west of Mersin), will be equipped with the following Loesche mi...
Fritz & Macziol wins another Southeast Asia order from Holcim
Fritz & Macziol have received an order from Holcim Indonesia for its VAS logistic solution to be implemented at its new Tuban cement works. The order follows a contract awarded to Fritz & Macziol by Holcim last summer for the implementation of its VAS system in five plants in the Philippines. Further orders in Indonesia, Thailand and also in Myanmar are on the horizon. Because of this st...
MacGregor wins order for cement handling systems in China
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order with Shanhaiguan New Shipbuilding Industry in China for advanced bulk-handling systems for a pair of 20,000dwt cement carriers on order for Singapore-based Associated Bulk Carriers (ABC) which is a fully owned subsidiary of dry cargo shipowner Precious Shipping PCL, Thailand. Precious Shipping operates in the small handysize sector of th...
Loesche awarded new contract for ACC project
Loesche, in a consortium with KHD, has been awarded a contract for its vertical roller mill technology to be employed at ACC’s Jamul plant in India. Loecshe will supply its mills type LM 56.3+3 and LM 43.3 D for the new project being undertaken by Holcim group company ACC. Part of the clinker produced in Jamul will be ground at the cement plant while another part will be processed at grin...
Cemex to supply new hydroelectric plant and tidal barrage in the Nile River
Cemex in Egypt is supplying cement for the construction of a new tidal barrage and hydroelectric power plant in the Nile River that is expected to generate 32MW of energy and also improve the irrigation to a landmass of about 1.6 million acres large, the equivalent to eight times the area of New York City. This project, funded by the Egyptian government, is expected to improve navigation in...